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Friday, 11 November 2005

Carnival of Cordite #38

Welcome to our special Veterans Day issue of the Carnival of Cordite.

Back in the day, right before I put on that first uniform, I raised my right hand and swore the Oath of Enlistment. I swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. I didn't swear to defend some of it. I swore to defend ALL of it. That includes the Second Amendment.

Millions of other Americans have sworn that same oath. Many died for it. Our Right to Keep and Bear Arms remains secure only because so many have been so willing. We honor those who sacrifice themselves so that we may be free.

Before we get to the regular Carnival of Cordite features, there are two things I'd like to plug:

First, I'd like to remind all you readers about Project Valour IT. It's a great program to help provide wounded service members with laptop computers they can use. They need money. You have money. Do the math.

Second, here is a great new resource to bring together all the milbloggers of the world, aptly named Milblogging. Check it out!

Of course, one of the best-known military arms is the Colt 1911, the G.I. .45 ACP sidearm that served our military for many decades and many wars. And it is a firearm that continues to serve shooters today. It continues to be refined and improved. Bothenook could use your advice on which new 1911-style pistol he should buy now.

If you are looking for a new 1911, maybe you need to consider... a SIG! That's right. Michael Bane has a great report on the new Revolution line of 1911 pistols from SIGARMS.

The most ironic thing about this, though, is that the deadline for turning in handguns is April 1, 2006, which would be known to you and me as April Fool's Day. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we all woke up tomorrow morning and found that someone was pulling the joke early?

Maybe the date is for the fools who will actually surrender their firearms to the city instead of fighting the unconstitutional ban?

Of Arms and the Law is overflowing with posts on San Francisco, as well as Alito and other legal issues. Just start at the top and keep on reading.

An e-mailer offered up an idea, and I have expanded upon it, to help all the lawful gun owners of San Francisco:

We need to put together a "Red State Gun Holder System" for those stuck in S.F. to send their firearms to an adoptive "parent" in a gun-friendly red state come April First, until this matter is settled in court. One of us would hold your guns for you and keep them safe while lawyers fight for your rights in court. No turn ins. No surrendering. We'll look out for you and your property. And we'll ship them back to you when A) the law is overturned, or B) you move.

And if any of you would like to sell your guns, since you won't be able to locally, we will help you find buyers in red states. If you decide it isn't worth the hassle anymore, then make sure your guns can at least find their way into good homes in gun-friendly states, where they won't be taken by the police and melted down.

What do we need to make this work, and to make it legal?

First off, we need volunteers with FFL's in the red states who will receive your guns and either hold them themselves, or find adoptive parents. Second, we need some sort of an on-line system to hook up participants. Third, we need money. After all, to keep it legal, the FFL holders have to pay for background checks. Plus there is all that shipping and handling. And I'm sure there will be some costs involved in putting a network together. But no one should have to pay to protect their gun rights. Therefore, ideally we would get donations to cover the expenses.

So now I am putting forth this challenge to all you gun-loving entrepreneurs: MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

That the Brady Center would apparently try to conjure up the frightening image of a homeless person willing to buy almost anyone a gun for a beer is a disgusting, bigoted tactic, but it is a tactic the Brady Center seems comfortable in using.

For those of you interested in the gun debate on this issue--it has been found that boys who own legal firearms show less delinquency even then those boys who do not own guns at all. It is the boys that own illegal guns who comitt more crimes--not surprising as they have shown themselves willing to break the law already.

One of my biggest supporters is talk radio host Lars Larson. I heard Lars talking about his weekend hunting trip on the radio, so I sent him an e-mail congratulating him on his kills. He e-mailed me some photos, so I put together this photo album for him.

On the tech side, Uncle has a couple of great posts, with pictures and everything, on building an AK, here and here.

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And finally, it's time for a little blatant self-promotion on my part...

Aaron is putting together a bloggers deck of cards and is seeking nominations and votes. I would be tickled pink if y'all would honor me by supporting me in my bid for the Jack of Spades. You don't need to do much: just keep track of when Aaron puts up the Spades poll, then go and vote for me!!!

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Blog of the week award goes to South Park Pundit, because his experiment really makes me laugh.

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Discussion question: can we seriously get something going to help San Francisco gun owners get their guns to a safe place for now?

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That wrap's up our Veterans Day Carnival of Cordite. For archives and submission information, please see our main blog.

Comments

I am an FFL holder in Montana, and I would have no problem whatsoever either "adopting" as many firearms as San Franscisco'ers want to send to me or by facilitating sales to Montanans with minimal-to-no transfer fees. Just contact me via my web site. However, my hope is that it won't come to this, and we can get this thing overturned before April!

Let's try to understand this. The US Constitution says that one can 'bear arms without infringement'. A local community passes a law to confiscate firearms which is in obvious violation of the Constitution. If you are a person with firearms living in that community, why would you voluntarily allow them to be confiscated?